Using a novel gravity - underreporting model, the researchers carried out a comprehensive analysis and comparison of over 370,000 records of
wildlife trade between 2004 and 2013 across three groups — mammals, avian and reptiles.
Not exact matches
Straddling the border lands of the Eastern Himalayas
between Kachin state in Myanmar and Yunnan province in China the Myanmar snub - nosed monkey has been seriously threated by hunting and
wildlife trade, illegal logging and forest destruction linked to hydropower schemes and associated infrastructure development.
Intensive community - based conservation awareness work has reduced the local hunting pressure in Myanmar, while the implementation of a trans - boundary agreement
between China and Myanmar, signed in 2015, has significantly reduced illegal trans - boundary
wildlife trade and illegal logging.
«The potential for
trade - offs
between renewable energy and
wildlife populations on the landscape is one of the key questions of our day.»
It pointed to the myths around the educational value of these shows and the link
between the illegal
trade in
wildlife and this industry.
There are promising signs, including a set of meetings, described in March by China Daily,
between Chinese and American officials pursuing ways to cooperate in stemming the
trade in illicit
wildlife products, including totoaba swim bladders (which often get to China through the United States).
According to a joint UN / INTERPOL report, the illegal
trade in
wildlife may be valued anywhere
between $ 70 to $ 213 billion U.S. dollars per year globally.